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Global Ecology and Conservation
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Global Ecology and Conservation

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 42 768 838 41
Environmental Sciences 243 86 96 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1031
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1033
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 33
SCIMAGO H-index: 80
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.045
Impact Factor: 3.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Global Ecology and Conservation?

The aim of Global Ecology and Conservation is to expand the discussion of research in Ecology, Habitat, Biodiversity, Threatened species and Species richness. Range (biology), Abundance (ecology), Endangered species, Ecosystem and Climate change are among the areas of Ecology tackled. Global Ecology and Conservation connects the study in Climate change with the closely related area of Physical geography.

Topics in Habitat explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Fishery, Vegetation and Wildlife. In the journal, Agroforestry, Environmental resource management and Ecosystem services are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Biodiversity research. Many of the studies tackled connect Threatened species with a similar field of study like IUCN Red List.

The Species richness study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Species diversity.

  • Ecology (38.93%)
  • Habitat (25.88%)
  • Biodiversity (16.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Land cover distribution in the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2015 with changes since 1990 (214 citations)
  • Biodiversity hotspots: A shortcut for a more complicated concept (187 citations)
  • Past, present, and future perspectives of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding: A systematic review in methods, monitoring, and applications of global eDNA (177 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Global Ecology and Conservation:

The journal articles focus on Ecology, Biodiversity, Habitat, Environmental resource management and Fishery. While the primary focus in the most cited articles is Biodiversity, they also dissect topics surrounding Agroforestry and Deforestation, Livestock, Land use and Agriculture as a whole. The most cited articles explore issues in Environmental resource management which can be linked to other research areas like Measurement of biodiversity and Ecosystem services.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Global Ecology and Conservation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David W. Macdonald (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chris R. Shepherd (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dusit Ngoprasert (10 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tommaso Savini (9 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Eivin Røskaft (9 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Global Ecology and Conservation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (186 papers) published 61 papers at the last edition, 24 less than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Forestry University (59 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (42 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing Forestry University (34 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (33 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 11.20% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.55% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.45% of all publications and 50.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Scientists' warning - The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril.

    José María Fernández-Palacios;Holger Kreft;Severin D.H. Irl;Sietze Norder

    (2021)
    320 Citations
  • An assessment of the representation of ecosystems in global protected areas using new maps of World Climate Regions and World Ecosystems

    Roger Sayre;Deniz Karagulle;Charlie Frye;Timothy Boucher

    (2020)
    183 Citations
  • Factors affecting success of conservation translocations of terrestrial vertebrates: A global systematic review

    Shane D. Morris;Barry W. Brook;Katherine E. Moseby;Christopher N. Johnson

    (2021)
    145 Citations
  • Wetland ecosystem services research: A critical review

    Xibao Xu;Minkun Chen;Guishan Yang;Bo Jiang

    (2020)
    136 Citations
  • A global view of aspen: Conservation science for widespread keystone systems

    Paul C. Rogers;Bradley D. Pinno;Jan Sebesta;Benedicte Riber Albrectsen

    (2020)
    105 Citations
  • The effectiveness of livestock protection measures against wolves (Canis lupus) and implications for their co-existence with humans

    Antonia Bruns;Matthias Waltert;Igor Khorozyan

    (2020)
    103 Citations
  • Co-benefits and trade-offs of agroforestry for climate change mitigation and other sustainability goals in West Africa

    Héloïse Tschora;Francesco Cherubini

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Anthropogenic food subsidies hinder the ecological role of wolves: Insights for conservation of apex predators in human-modified landscapes

    Paolo Ciucci;Sara Mancinelli;Luigi Boitani;Orlando Gallo

    (2020)
    71 Citations
  • Seasonally and spatially varied controls of climatic factors on net primary productivity in alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau

    Zhoutao Zheng;Wenquan Zhu;Yangjian Zhang

    (2020)
    68 Citations

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